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Usagi Miyamoto
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Dusty
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| Usagi Miyamoto wrote: | | John Mytton wrote: | | Couldn't many mispronounciations of Japanese words ultimately stem from poor Romanization? |
The Romanization of Japanese is actually very regular, but the problem arises because while Japanese will only have a single pronunciation for a given vowel, the English heuristics for vowel pronunciation may lead to different ones, producing our weird outcomes.
Japanese has only a few vowels and regular dipthongs:
A as in father,
E as in best,
I as in pink,
O as in both,
U as in dude.
Curiously these are almost identical with the common Italian pronunciations.
Japanese will often use lengthened vowels, which can be romanized in a couple of ways:
If you see aa, then it's pronounced like a, but held longer. If you see ee or ei then it's pronounced much like the sound in hey. An ii is like an i only longer, an oo or ou is a longer o, and uu is a longer u. Sometimes the doubled vowel is written with a bar or macron or circumflex over the vowel, but it means to hold it longer, not to change its pronunciation.
So, karaoke is kah-rah-okay instead of carry-okie, harakiri is hah-rah-key-ree, not hairy-carry. Your Nikon camera is pronounced knee-cone in Japan, and the futon you sleep on is pronounced to rhyme with stone.
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this is a simpler way of writing what all my books say. Good refresher! |
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thewaitersitsondown
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| Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:49 am Post subject: |
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Is it just me or is there a distinct lack of MUSIC RELATED DISCUSSION in this thread?
GET OUT OF MY THREAD DAMMIT! |
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Dinosaursareback!
Joined: 11 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:26 am Post subject: |
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does it count that I somehow managed to get every major album released by radio head?
that kind of counts as music, right?
I'm gonna go drop some acid now, that seems like the musician way of getting things done.
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thewaitersitsondown
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| Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:46 am Post subject: |
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Yes and fuck yes.
You win. |
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Dinosaursareback!
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cheers!
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Flion
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| Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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| thewaitersitsondown wrote: | Ok, two things. First, Flion, I messed around on your more complicated bass track, which was cool, but my timing sucks. Here's what I was able to come up with, 's alright but not great. I'm much better at playing with people live. 
Linky
Second, just for kicks I did a cover of My Beloved Monster by the Eels. (If you've seen Shrek, you'll probably recognise it) The quality is horrible, but it was fun to do and you guys can all hear me sing (if not particularly well.)
Linky 2 |
Your second link doesn't support your 'timing sucks' theory. I think you are just used to reading physical cues from your rythm section. *sigh* I guess I'll have to figure out how to do a video... Anyway, it sounds like the skeleton for a song. Lyrics, vocals, and a drum track and we can try to put together a Sinfest collaboration.
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Neo.Shroom
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| Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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So I've broken out my electric guitar again...I never actually properly learned how to play, just messing around with my computer as an amp/effects...
Suggestions for what I NEED to learn how to play?
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HamletSr
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| Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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| andrew wrote: |
I care very deeply about my friends on the sinfest forum, and I don't want them misprouncings words.
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Oh, yeah, now i understand why you care so deeply, its for all of our sakes. point conceded I will now say Kara-Okay or whatever the fuck you want me to say when i go to a kareoke bar. you know what convinced me? it was when you called me a fucktard. nothing like a perjorative to really let your concern for my pronunciation shine. in the same spirit, i would just like to say that you sir, are an ass-licking nanny goat. Which translated loosly to, I wish you all the best in life  [/b]
edit- apologies for this having nothing to do with music, as kareoke doesnt count.
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thewaitersitsondown
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| Flion wrote: | | thewaitersitsondown wrote: | Ok, two things. First, Flion, I messed around on your more complicated bass track, which was cool, but my timing sucks. Here's what I was able to come up with, 's alright but not great. I'm much better at playing with people live.
Linky
Second, just for kicks I did a cover of My Beloved Monster by the Eels. (If you've seen Shrek, you'll probably recognise it) The quality is horrible, but it was fun to do and you guys can all hear me sing (if not particularly well.)
Linky 2 |
Your second link doesn't support your 'timing sucks' theory. I think you are just used to reading physical cues from your rythm section. *sigh* I guess I'll have to figure out how to do a video... Anyway, it sounds like the skeleton for a song. Lyrics, vocals, and a drum track and we can try to put together a Sinfest collaboration. |
You're probably right. If I feel inspired, I may mess around a bit more and see if I can get a slightly better track. We shall see. |
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Flion
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| Neo.Shroom wrote: | So I've broken out my electric guitar again...I never actually properly learned how to play, just messing around with my computer as an amp/effects...
Suggestions for what I NEED to learn how to play? |
A band. You don't want to start one; find one that needs a rhythm guitarist. Preferably one that the lead can show you stuff but is not too advanced for you to keep up with. When you learn all that you can, find another band. It sounds disloyal, but at that level the bands rarely stay together anyway. When you're good enough to have a keeper band, then you can find some bandmates who are also ready and form what will hopefully be a keeper. Anyway, nothing increases your learning speed like having to keep up with others.
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Fhqwhgads
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| Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Flion wrote: | | Anyway, nothing increases your learning speed like having to keep up with others. |
Heedeth the man, for he speaketh the truth.
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andrew
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| Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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| HamletSr wrote: | | andrew wrote: |
I care very deeply about my friends on the sinfest forum, and I don't want them misprouncings words.
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Oh, yeah, now i understand why you care so deeply, its for all of our sakes. point conceded I will now say Kara-Okay or whatever the fuck you want me to say when i go to a kareoke bar. you know what convinced me? it was when you called me a fucktard. nothing like a perjorative to really let your concern for my pronunciation shine. in the same spirit, i would just like to say that you sir, are an ass-licking nanny goat. Which translated loosly to, I wish you all the best in life [/b]
edit- apologies for this having nothing to do with music, as kareoke doesnt count. |
Deliberately obtuse misreadings/misquotes and offense at a pejorative in response to your incredible fuckwiticisms? Hooray, another moron to add to the list of people-whose-posts-I-can-safely-ignore.
If you see someone stabbing you in the jaw, it's probably me.
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Michael
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Just listening to Robert Johnson for the very first time, the guy only recorded 29 songs but appears to have included every blues cliche ever played, kinda makes all other blues unnecessary, not that I mind
any blues fanatics out there who feel that the genre has actually progressed since 1937? |
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Spanky
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Location: Rockville, MD
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 2:44 am Post subject: |
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Well shit, the blues may not be recognized so much in popular music, but it has had a profound effect on all music as we know it. Especially rock. Robert Johnson is great. Check out BB King too. The guy is pretty awesome.
Oh, and I found my irish tin flute in my garage today! Cheap and fun, great instrument! |
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